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TIN ARMY OF THE PoTOMAC 


OR 


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(ee 7A KINDERGARTEN OF WAR, 


a Dy ae 
WILLIAM Howe DowNES. 


ILLUSTRATIONS BY J.f.GoooRi0ce. 


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Copyright, 1888, by Samuel E. Cassino. 


THe TIN Army Of THE PoTomac, 


OR 
A KINDERGARTEN Of War 


WaLTER IS ONLY EIGHT YEARS OLD, YET ALREADY HE KNows 
SQ BYALL ABOUT THE GREAT WAR BETWEEN THE NoRTH ANO THe 
SouTH, FROM BULL RUN To AppOMATOX; HE CAN TELL You { is 
CRLLORSVILLE was Lost ano by 


a TYSBURG WAS Won; HE R 
j ce HIS PET ea ROES AMONG THE GENERALS thts, 
= = SS FAIR IEA OF HOw AN ARMY 
8 MADE ip alien FEO, MOVED, “AND MANAGED IN THE FIELo. 
a eee OW DID HE LEARN ALL THIS! Noy FROM BOOKS, 5 FOR HE 1s 

GREAT Rt READER YET. AND WouLD RATHER es = ; 

EFric READ ALOUD ABOUT FLayie Frizz 

OUT THE Words BY. (HIMSELF ten 


THE TINARMY OF THE Potomac. 


He LeagNeo How WAR Is MADE FROM playin sau TIN 4 
THAT ARE BOUGHT IN TOY STORES, = : ane a 
MosT oF ee ae COME FROM GERMANY. Wee ra MANY Toys ARE | 

fp : 4 BE ae " NEAT 


a e ALL THEIR ARMS alo EQUIPMENTS — GUNS, Swol 
4 Ne a 


a ; 


(iM 
fs Pe ca, 


SOLDIERS. ‘ FIRST He | LAD F A aN THEN iN SSeOMENT aim A BRIGADE, THEA A “DIVISION, EN 
A corps, ANO FINALLY HE HAD THE WHOLE ARMY oF THE POTOMAC. OF couRSE | vo NoT 
MEAN To SAY THAT HE HAO ONE HUNoRED THOUSAND TIN SoLoleRS. IT was EASY TO PLAY 
THAT EACH MAN WAS A REGIMENT, AND So ONE HUNDRED MEN WeRE ENOUGH FOR AN A 
BESIDES, THERE WAS NOT ROOMY FOR MORE ON THE NURSERY TABLE. 

As SOON AS A SOLOIER WAS BROKEN OR SOILED, Bey he WAS GIVEN To THE REBELS, AS 


THE Tin ARMY OF THE PoTOMac. 


“THE SOUTHERN SOLDIERS WERE, CALLED BY THE SOLDIERS AND PEOPLE of THe North When A 
NEW BOX OF TROOPS CAME TO WALTER-CHRISTMAS OR BIRTHDAY REINFORCEMENTS —THEY WERE 
ADDED TO THE UNioN ARMY. THUS BOTH ARMIES GREW LARGE. ONe pay PAPA sal THAT HE 

WoULD sHow WALTER HOW REAL BATTLES WERE FOUGHT. 

“Ok! coopy!” 

Now, Papa KNEW NoTHING ABOUT WAR EXCEPT WHAT HE HAD LEARNED FROM BOOKS AND 
NEWSPAPERS, FOR HE HAD BEEN aA LitTLe Boy HIMSELF AT THE TIME OF THE Civil WAR, BUT 
THEN THE BOOK AND NEWSPAPER SORT OF WAR IS EVER SO MUCH BETTER THAN REAL WAR, 
AND HE KNEW ENOUGH FoR THE PURPOSE. 

THE FIRST BATTLE Papa CALLED BULL RUN, BUT AT THE SouTH, HE SAID, IT Was CALL: 
ED Manassas. BULL RUN 1S A SMALL RIVER IN VincINIA, ONLY A FEW MILES SOUTH oF Whst 
INGTON, AND MANASSAS IS THE NAME OF A RAILROAD STATION NOT FAR FROM THE RIVER. IN This 
BATTLE CeNeRAL Mc DoweLL was THE HEAD of THE NorTHERN ARMY, AND CeNERALS 
JoHNsTON AND Beaurecaro were iN commaNno or THE SoUTHERN army. .CeNeraL Mc - 
DoweLL HAD MADE A GOOD PLAN TO FLANK THE CoNFEDERATES,ANO AT FIRST His TROOPS 


| THE TIN ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. 


DID VERY WELL, AND DROVE THE ENEMY BACK, BUT MORE ConrEDERATES CAME UPON THE FIELD, 
AND SUDDENLY THE UNION soLoieRs TURNED ANO RAN AWay. WALTER THOUGHT THAT BULL 
RUN was 4 FIT NAME FOR THiS BATTLE. He SooN LeaRNco WHAT A FLANK ATTACK IS, AND WHY 
IT 1S THAT IT 1S So OFTEN TRIED. THE STREAM WAS A NARROW STRIP OF DARK au SIL uh THE 
BRIDGE ACROSS IT WAS BUILT OF BUILDING- BLOSKON, dz, 

TREAT of General McDoweLt's Bid 
MADE IN DISORDER, BUT THE Conreo- LS hie 

bID Noy FOLLOW Up THEIR FIRST VICTORY, ee by aa SS 
IT was AFTER THIS ue THAT THE ARMY oF 


THE GREAT MAN, ano ae CHOSE THE FINEST Loonie off ricer . ae THAT 
he Hao, AND NAMED Him General A McCLeLLan. OTHER Cen erals on HorseBack 
WERE NAMED PORTER, fg Bid SUMNER, FRANKLIN, KEYES, ANO HeINTZELMAN, FOR 
THESE WERE THE CEN- a of MERALS AT THE HEADS OF THE FIVE CORPS THAT 
MADE UP THE ARMY AT —~ 4g ‘ 


THe TiN ARMY OF THe Potomac 


THE SOLDIERS WERE IN CAMP ON TWo SIDES OF THE ChICKAHOMINY RIVER (A STRIP 
OF SILESIA), OVER WHICH SOME OF THEM WERE BUILDING BRIDGES (OF COMMON BUILBING-BLocKs) 
Qrycr MEN WeRE THROWING Up BREASTWORKS: THESE CAN BE MADE OF BUILDING -BLOCKS Too. 
1 ee COMMANDED BY GeNeRAL JakNSTON, CAME Up AND ATTACKED THE 
i, Bee 2 Nat «THEY DROVE THIS PART OF THE ARMY BACK UNTIL 
2A ongave OLD CeNeRaL OUMNER CAME QUICKLY O 


ae ee Lanai ie CONEeceaiTeS WERE STOPPED IN THEIR ADVANCE, AND THE i 
MORNING THEY RETIRED. [HEIR CeNERAL JOHNSTON HAO BEEN WOUNDED IN THIS BAT TLE. ANO 
FROM THIS TIME FORTH TO THE END oF THE WAR THEY Were Leo By General Lee, fine 
SOLDIER AND A VERY ABLE MAN. 

THE NEXT Fight was aT Gaines’s MILL, on THe NorTH sive of THE CHicKAHOMINY RIVER, 


THE TiN ARMY OF THE Potomac. 


CeNeRAL PorTER, WHO COMMANDED THE RIGHT WING OF THE UNioN ARMY, ARRANGED HIS MEN IN 
THE FORM OF A HORSE-SHOE, AND THEY FOUGHT WELL ALL pay, UNTIL THEY WERE FORCED 
BACK BY GREAT NUMBERS OF CONFEDERATES IN A FIERCE CHARGE TOWARDS NIGHT, WHEN 
THEY FELL BACK TO THE RIVER, AND CROSSEO IT DURING THE NIGHT, BURNING THE BRIDGE AFTER 
THEM. THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE FAMOUS “SEVEN DaYs OF BATTLE-A BATTLE EVERY 
DAY FOR A WHOLE WEEK! 

WALTER LIKED THE LAST OF THESE BATTLES THE BEST os us: ea HILL. He ARRANG- 
EO A PILE OF MUSIC BOOKS AND ATLASES To a ae 
THE HILL: Tor HEAPLACEDA ee x 


AS WALTER CALLED THEM, HAD i GOT ‘INTO THIS FINE Sana ON THE HILL, WiTH nae GUN: 
BOATS AT THE REAR, WHEN THe CONFEDERATES CAME IN SIGHT DOWN AT THE FOOT OF THE 


THe Tin Army OF THE PoTomac. 


HILL. THEN BEGAN THE music. ONE BRIGADE AFTER ANOTHER of LEE’S ARMY CHARGED UP THE 
SIOE OF THE piLe of FLAT BOOKS, AND WERE KNOCKED DOWN IN Heaps BY Mc CLELLAn’s ar- 
TILLerY. Boom! Boom! Boom! WENT THE FIELD BATTERIES, AND Boom! WENT THE GREAT CUNS 
OF THE GUN-BoATS. THe CoNFEDERATES coULO Not STAND IT, AND RETREATEO INTO THE WooDs 
AT THE FOOT OF THE HILL. HURRAH! HURRAH! sHouT THE Unions: 

PERHAPS THE VERY NEXT DAY THE ELEGANT GENERAL ON HORSEBACK WHO HAS BEEN DASHING 
ABOUT AS McCLELLAN, Is RENAMED CENERAL Pope, BECAUSE HE WAS IN COMMAND AT THE SEC- 


ONO BATTLE of BULL RUN, which Was Worse THAN THE FIRST BULL RuN. Acain THE UNion 
SOLDIERS RETREAT, AND THE REBEL YELL'Is HEARD LoUD AND SHRILL. WALTER DOES NoT 
LIKE IT VERY WELL, BUT HE WISHES TO HAVE EVERYTHING JUST AS IT REALLY HAPPENED. 

AT ABOUT THIS TIME A BATTERED wag AND HEADLESS TIN HORSEMAN 1S CALLED OTONEWALL 
JACKSON, AND DOES GREAT FEAT Ai FOR THE ConfeoeRATEs. a Bonen SOLDIERS CAN 
BE MENDED WITH SEALING WAX, _ , > BUT Of COURSE 4% They Do NoT Look, 
So well. ONE of THE ToUGH: 723 EST MEN IN THE. ARMY 1S AN OFFICER 
wo LOST HIS FOOTING LoNG-—== = Ny A 


THe TIN ARMY OF THe Potomac. 


CARDBOARD BY SEALING: WAX, HAS SINCE SERVED AS CENERAL HANCOCK, IN SEVERAL CAMPAIGNS, AND 
ENDEO BY GOING OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE TO TAKE CHARGE Of THE ARTILLERY. 

THE NE Mi ANTIETAM MAY BE MADE VERY ETESN THE STRIP OF SILESIA IS ANTIE- 
_ eX TAM CREEK. AT THe LerT of THE UN: 
ION ARMY ABRIDCE OF BLOCKS SPANS 
teed THE STREAM, AND AT THE RIGHT THE 
RY WATER 1S SHALLOW, SO THAT IT IS EASY 
| TO Wane across. GeNeRAL McCLeLLan 
H's AGAIN IN COMMAND OF THE ARMY OF 
THE Potomac. IIs His TURN TO AT - 
Tack, CeNeraL Lee, THis BATTLE: 
FILO 1S IN MARYLAND, NoRTH OF THE 

— A | POTOMAC RIVER, AND ip Lee 1s Not 
BEATEN, HE MAY seat Whstinlcron BALTIMORE, EVEN PHILADELPHIA ANO New York. IT 1s 
AN EXCITING Time. No wonbeR THE “Boys INBLUE” FIGHT WELL AT ANTIETAM. THE BATTLE 


THe Tin ARMY Of [HE POTOMAC. 


BEGINS IN THIS WAY: CeNeRAL HooKer ano General SumMNeR with THEIR MEN FORO THE 
CREEK AT THE RIGHT, CHARGE THE CONFEDERATES, AND DRIVE THEM BACK TOALIT TLE CHURCH 
NEAR THE ViLLace OF SHARPSBURG. GeNeRAL LEE OROERS UP MORE MEN FROM THE RIGHT 
OF HIS ARMY. NEAR THE BRIDGE, AND MAKES THEM CHARGE IN THEIR TURN, SO HOOKER AND SuM- 
NER, WITH THEIR MEN, AND THE REINFORCEMENTS THAT HAVE JOINED THEM, ARE FORCED BACK A 
GAIN A PART OF THE Way. CeNneral McOLcLLaN Senos More MEN To HELP, THEY ADVANCE 4CA\N, 
AND AGAIN ARE FORCED BACK: THE GROUND 1S STREWN WiTH DEAD ANO WoUNDEO MEN, AND HERE 
ON THE UNioN RIGHT, IN THE Wo00S ANO FI-LOS, AND AROUND THE LiTTLe CHURCH, THE OE SPERATE 
FIGHTING GOES ON ALL GAY Now WHAT 1S HAPPENING AT THE OTHER ENO OF THE Linc? LARLY IN 
THE DAY CeNeRAL McCLeLLan Has orDeReO CeNcral BurNsioc To cross THE BRIDGE WITH HIS 
corps INsTeAO Of cone so, CeNerRAL BurNsioe Senos A Few MEN AT A TIME TO TRY (T, ANO THE 
ConreDeRATES EASILY ORIVE THEM BACK FINALLY CeneRAL BURNSIO€ WAKES Up. AND GOES AT 
THE BRIDGE WITH. A RUSH. AND GETS HIS MEN ACROSS, BUT BY THIS TIME THE ConrcocrATes 
HAVE COT SOME REINFORCEMENTS, AND IT 1S TOO LATE TO DO MUCH Gooo THE TIRCO SOLDIERS Lie 
DOWN AND SLEEP ON THE BATTLE FIELD, AND THE NEXT DAY CeneRaL Lee ANO HIS ARMY RETREAT. 


y 


Halp of WaL 
BAT TLE SOME 


THE TiN Army Or THE Potomac 


PNY 


| Dries Busy cia THE ce a 5 ROAR OUT THEIR ORDERS, 
ee AS THEY GO FORWARD, GAPS IN THE LINCS ARE FILLED 
RISES AND FALLS ; AND AT THE ENO OF THE COMBAT BOTH 


ST BE NAMED BuRNsioc FOR A 
aT TLE of FREDERICKSBURG, WAL: 


TER BuILOS A VILLAGE ie His 
SHARPSHOOTERS AMONG THE 
LESIA WHICH HAS DONE DUTY 
James River, ano AnTIETA 
HANNock River, WHicH F 


HOUSES. THe USEFUL PIECE Of SI- 
ULL RUN, THE ChickAHOMINY, THE 
AERCEK, NOW BECOMES THE Rappa- 


THE TiN aul OF THE POTOMAC. 


OcgAPY BREAST WOES off 


fiLL BACK fy aor We ce AND THE ae ARMY IS ON THE OTHER 


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ERS HE MUST BUILD 
‘BaIDDES THE 


Z Fhe RE : mY ‘50 MANY OF THE 
Unions \ , eT are TOMAKE THE 
BRIDCES ARE KIEL ESB “NN: x fale ALON ea) 4 FTC SHARPSHOOT 
ERS IN THE VILLAGE.~-—= Se \E ay. Me ww ba PRESENTLY THE 
Union ARTILLERY BOMBARDS c WE ene a <a pa THE BLOCK HOUSES 
ALL TO PIECES, AN OPERATION WHICH WaLTER CONDUCTS — = = WITH GREAT DELIGHT 
ANo much UPROAR, BUT IT DOES LITTLE coop, FOR STILL Lee's SHARPSHOOTERS HIDE AMONG THE 


THE TIN ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. 


RUINS ANO FIRE AT THE BRIOGE-BUILOERS. THEN AFEW BRAVE MEN SAY THAT THEY WiLL co ACROSS 
THE RIVER IN BOATS ANO DRIVE THE CONFEDERATES OUT oF THE TOWN. JHE COVERS OF SMALL OVAL 
FIG-BOXES MAKE GOOD BOATS. JHE MEN JUMP ON BOARD j= Nano ROW ACROSS. 
HALF OF THEM ARE SHOT BEFORE THEY REACH THE 
BUT THEY coon, AND, WITH A CHARGE ANo Loud Ys! 
DRIVE THE SHARPSHOOTERS AWAY, SO THAT ee 
BRIDGES CAN BE BUILT. HURRAH! THE BRIDGES es 
FINISHED AT LAST, ANO THE REST of BuRNsIDES |= i ¢ 
ES ACROSS INTO THE RUINED TOWN. Now COMES\ 
PART OF THIS OREAOFUL BATTLE. Line AFTER 
FeLLows MARCH BRAVELY OUT OF FREDERICKSBURG NS D THE 
AND SAFE IN THEIR BREASTWORKS ON THE HILL, FIRE “SOI 
THE HILLSIDE WITH THE DEAD. 


THE TIN ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. 


Marye's Heich, aND THE UNIoN rorces RETURN To THE NORTH BANK OF THE RappaHANNock, 
DEFEATED. P 

AFTER THIS BATTLE, CeNERAL BURNSIDE’S PLACE 1S TAKEN BY fichTING Joc Hooker” ano 
UNDER HiS COMMAND THE BATTLE.of CHANCELLORSVILLE 1s FOUGHT. SEVERAL OF THE CORPS 
WADE ACROSS THE Rapioan River AND GET AROUND THE LerT fLaNK of Lee’s ARMY BEFORE HE 
KNowSs WHAT THEY ARE ABOUT. BUT, WHEN THEY HAVE DONE THIS, OR SOME REASON, No ONE 
KNows wHaT, CeNeRAL HooKeR HALTS HIS MEN, AND HAS THEM FALL BACK INTO THE Woops NEAR 
THE RIVER, WHERE THEY CANNOT see THE ENEMY, Nor Use THEIR BIG CANNONS. [kis Gives 
LEE A FINE CHANCE TO STRIKE A QUICK BLOW. HE Is ALWAYS READY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HIS 
FOE'S MISTAKES. AT oNce He seNos SyoNewaLl Jackson ANo His LARGE CORPS BYA Lone ROUNO- 
ABOUT way THROUGH THE woos, TO FLANK HOOKERS ARMY. JACKSON AND His MEN MARCH VERY 
FAST. THEY STEAL AROUND THE RIGHT OF THE UNion! LINE, aNd SUDDENLY, WITHOUT WARNING, 
THEY CHARGE FURIOUSLY oN ThE FLANK AND REAR OF CeNeRAL HowaRo’s ELEVENTH coRPs, AND 
SEND IT FLYING INGREAT CONFUSION TowARDS THE CENTRE. Noy TILL DARK 00 THE MEN OF 
HOWARD'S CORPS STOP RUNNING, AND NOT TILL DARK ARE THE CONFEDERATES CHECKED IN 


| The Tin ARmy Or THe Potomac 


THEIR puRSUIT AT THIS Time JACKSON IS WOUNDED, IT 1S HIS LAST BATTLE. AFTER ANOTH: 
CR DAY OF HARD FIGHTING, CeneERAL HOOKER TAKES HIS ARMY BACK ACROSS THE RAPIDAN, 
AND RETURNS To His CAMP NoTHING 1S GAINED, AND MANY MEN HAVE BEEN KILLED, WOUNDED, 
OR CAPTURED BY THE ConreoeRATES. WHO YELL FOR Joy, aND FEEL So BRAVE Now THAT 
LEE RESOLVES TO INVADE THE NORTH 

WALTER THINKS THAT THE BATTLE of CeTTYsBuRG Is THE BEST BATTLE OF THE WHOLE 
war He is WELL posted AS TO ALL THE EVENTS OF THE FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD DAYS OF 
THIS GREAT FIGHT. AND ONE Day, WHEN His UNcLe JoyN spoke of SOME FRIEND WHO was WouNo: 
Ep at CETTYSBURG, WHAT WAS HIS SURPRISE WHEN WALTER ASKED "WAS IT ON THE THIRD 
DAY’ 

FOR THE FIRST DAY, A VILLAGE of BUILDING BLOCKS 1S SET UP, ALSO A COLLEGE ON gg 
A HILL NEAR BY, AND A SMALL STREAM BEYOND IT [HE BEST-LOOKING MAN IN THE, at 
Union ARMY IS PICKED OUT TO peRSONATE CENERAL ReYNoLos. THE COMMAND: <Q3e 7m 
ER of THE fiRST Corps, ANO THE HERO OF THE DAY CeNneral Meape, wHo Now Sig 


IS AT THE HEAD OF THE ARMY of THE POTOMAC, 1S NOT PRESENT, BUT Cen fe 


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THe Tin ARMY Of THe Potomac 


THe rT N IS SHARP AND LIVELY. CeTTYSBURG iS IN PEN 
~ gre A You «Now, AND, assay ANTIETAM IN MaryLano, 
: oon 


MORE BRAVER Vine 
ON THEIR aE sore = ee 
THAN THEY 00 IN THE ery : =k 
Woops ANo swamps [HE HERaIC Reynlolos 5 an « ag YW 
SHOT DEAD, BUT THE STUBBORNNESS WITH WHICH Hts RDO OT a =k 2 

THEIR CROUND ASTONISHES THE CONFEDERATES. WHO ARE FROM HOUR TO are Ba Cen 
REINFORCEMENTS By ANDO Bye HOWARD'S CORPS COMES Up TO HELP ReYNoLos MeN ANo Bu- 

FORD'S CAVALRYMEN; BUT LATER STILL IN THE DAY MORE CONFEDERATES ARRIVE IN SUCH NUMBERS 


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THE TiN ARMY OF JHE Potomac 


THAT THE UNION TROOPS ARE OBLIGED TO FALL BACK THROUGH THE VILLAGE AND UP oNTo CemeTe 
RY HILL BeYoNo THE WiLLace Here General Hancock MEETS THEM AND ARRANGES THEM IN A 
STRONG New LiNe QDURING THE NIGHT ANO THE NCXT MORNING THE REST oF THE ARMY OF THE 
POTOMAC COMES UP 

FOR THE SECOND DAY, A HILL OF MUSIC BOOKS 1S BUILT TO REPRESENT linea RouNo Top, AT 
THE Lert of THE Union Line THe HANDSOME MAN ON HORSEBACK IS TO BE CALLED CEN- 
ERAL OICKLES, COMMANDER OF THE } & THiRo Corps THE FIGHTING 
AGAIN IS TERRIFIC. LoNcSTREET'S Larce ConrepeRATE CORPS 
ATTACKS OIcKLES' CORPS WITH B FURIOUS CHARCES [HE PEACH 
ORCHARD, THE. WHEAT FIELO, Devil's Den, ano Little 
RouNo Top are FULL of oeAD yy AND WOUNDED OF BOTH SIDES. 
OICKLES MEN ARE PRESSED SLOW Ww” LY BACK, FICHTING HARD OVER 
EVERY INCH OF GROUND, TOALINE # IN THE REAR OF THEIR FIRST PO- 
“SITION, WHERE. AT NIGHT, THEY i. REST ON THEIR ARMS, STRONGER 
THAN EVER, WHAT WITH THE RE- == == INFORCEMENTS SENT TO THEM. 


SS SSS 


THE JIN ARMY Of JHE Potomac. 


As SOON AS THEY ARE DONE FIGHTING FOR THE DAY, THE BATTLE BREAKS OUT AFRESH OVER ON 


THE RIGHT, AT CULPS HILL, WHERE CenerAL SLocum’s [WweLrTh Corps Holos 


BREASTWORKS IN THE Wooos. [He CoNfEDERATES CAPTURE SOME OF THESE WoRKS, BUT EAR- 


LY THE NEXT MORNING THEY ARE ORIVEN OUT oF THEN. 


ON THE THIRD AND LasT pay, GENERAL LEE ORDERS A CREAT CANNoNADE. Boom! Boom! 
BOOM! IT 1S THE MOST OEAPENING RACKET OF THE war. JHE AIR Seems FULL of FLYING 
SHOT AND SHELL. THe Conpeoerares Have ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY cUNS AT WoRK, THE 
Unions NEARLY oNe HUNORED. [HE FIRING 1S KEPT Up UNTIL THE ConfeveRATEs THINK THEY 
have sileNceo THE UNioN BATTERIES :AND THEN comes THE Last AND MOST FAMOUS ACT 


IN THE GETTYSBURG DRAMA, KNOWN AS PICKETT'S CHARGE. [HIS 1S A STRONG 


THE FINCST SOLDIERS INTHE SOUTHERN ARMY UpoN THe CENTRE of THE UNioN Line 
ON Cemetery Rioge, HeLo BY Hancock's spLenoiw corps. THe ConfepeRATES po 
THEIR BEST, BUT TO NO AVAIL; THEY ARE ALL CUT TO PIECES, AND IT IS THE COSTLIEST 


DEFEAT LEE’S ARMY HAS EVER MET WITH, FOR THE FIELD tS STREWN WITH T 
AND WOUNDED, MANY OF THEM ARE TAKEN PRISONERS, SEVERAL OF THEIR C 


ALINE oF 


ATTACK OF 


HEIR DEAD 
ENERALS 


a) 


THE TIN ARMY OF THE Potomac 


ee 


ARC KILLED, AND AFTER THIS DREADFUL FAILURE LEE HAS NOTHING TO 00 BUT RETREAT TO 
THE SOUTH, NEVER TO INVADE THE NorTH AGAIN HURRAH! HURRAH! FOR GETTYSBURG! 

SLA S) ON A BLACK HORSE, WITH SUCH A PROUD AIR? WHY, IT 15 GRANT, 
Is Now THE HERO. [He WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN IS ABOUT TO BE 
A New Box OF INFANTRY HAS BEEN BROUGHT Home, ANO ALL 
AIREADY Bull DING BLOCKS ARE IN DEMAND FOR BREASTWORKS: 
LONc LINES OF SOLDIERS Now FACE ONE ANOTHER, FIGHTING 
GEOLY AT CLOSE QUARTERS. NOW GAINING, Now Losing, SeNoiNs 
= Jor WOUNDED IN AMBULANCES TO THE REAR. RECEIVING REIN- 


THE Wak eRe IS THe ee ASSAULTED BY HaNcock’s GALLANT CORPS: Se 
AND HELD SO DESPERATELY THROUGH ONE WHOLE DAY THAT THE DEAD Lie IN 7 : 
HEAPS, AND GREAT TREES ARE CUT DOWN BY THE STORM OF BULLETS. Sp THES 


THE Tin ARMY Of THE POTOMAC 


ARMY MAKES ITS WAY SOUTHWARDS, ACROSS RIVERS AND THROUGH Woaos, TO CoLo HARBOR 

CuHarce! says WALTER, AND THE VETERANS RUSH FORWARD, ONLY To Leave THOUSANDS of 
KILLED, AND TO BE BEATEN BACK FROM THE STRONG ConfeoeRATE BREAST WORKS Now CRANT 
ANo His ARMY TAKE Up THE MARCH AGAIN. ANO AT LasT cROSS THe James River To BESIECE 
PETERSBURG, 

A New BOX OF CAVALRY HAS BEEN GIVEN TO WALTER, AND THE GALLANT PHIL SHERI- 
DAN APPEARS AT THE HEAD OF His TROOPS [HE way IN WHICH THIS FIERY FIGHTER FALLS 
Upon THE pooR ConfeDeRATES AT THE BATTLE Of Five foRKS ALMOST MAKES WALTER 
PITY THE WORN- em, OUT “JoHNNes” Now Grant FORCES THE FIGHTING, AND 
cives His ENEMY No ¥e, IS TAKEN! PETERSBURG 15 TAKEN! 
Lee IS RETREATING! B ShERIOAN! RUN Him oowN! Ali, 
THE END oF THEgPmee Wa © WAR HAS COME AT LAST, FOR Lee's 
ARMY IS HEMMED Ot. N ON ALL sies, AND FORCED TO 
SURRENDER, SS HURRAH FoR GRANT! 

WALTER'S FAVORITE —= 


Be RES Ste { 


== GENERALS ARE CRANT, SHERMAN, 


Tat TIN any tS THE POTOMAC 


SHERIDAN, me AND THOMAS HE HAS MADE OTHER CAMPAIGNS BESIOLS THOSE of THE ARMY: 
Of THE Poromac He Has CAPTURED foRT UoneLson. roucHT THE BATTLES of ShiLok, Murrrees 
BoRO. ChicKaMAUGA, ANO NasHVILLe ASSAULTED foRT FISHER, BE SIEGED VickSBURG, RUN BY THE 
FORTS BELOW New OkLeaNs. cag sq, f | | 2 Q 
RIED THE HEIGHTS Of LOOKOUT - Se = 2 
MouNtaN aNo Mission Roce. ah 
ACCOMPANIED OHERMAN'S CREAT: > & 
ARMY FROM ATLANTA TO THE Sea’ Se 
fie FORTS CAN BE BUILT OF BLOC... ~~. ~ 
WHICH COME IN A CREAT VARIETY of 
SHAPES, AND WITH THIN BUT LaRGE | 
BOOKS, OF WHICH TO CONSTRUCT MOUNTS 
AINS, SUCH BATTLES AS THOSE ABOUT CHAT TRG 
NOOGA MAY BE MADE VERY PICTURESQUE As A Rcliee RQ 
FROM ACTIVE CAMPAIGNS, CAMP LIFE 1S OCCASIONALLY REFRESHING [HE PLANS OF COMING CAMPAIGNS 


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THE TIN ARMY OF THE Pot OMac 


OF COURSE MUST BE DISCUSSED BY THE GENERALS IN THEIRHEADQUARTERS, AND THE EXPLOITS OF 
SPIES AND SCOUTS MAY BE ACTED QUT Then THERE ARE LONG MARCHES TO BE MADE THROUGH THE 
ENEMYS COUNTRY, ADVANCES. RETREATS DEMONSTRATIONS AND EVERY KIND OF STRATEGICAL 
MOVEMENT Raids ARE MADE BY THE CAVALRY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DESTROYING CoNPEDERATE 
RAILROADS, BRIDGES, AND STORES, ANO THESE LEAD TO MANY EXCITING ADVENTURES These ARE 
MANY CASES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY. ANO Sue AMU INSTANCES us ee aa 
FOR HOSPITALS, BARRACKS, < as ee -Houl\ses/METC, 
SMALL PAPER BOXES LAIO ON -| oat 
ooo eNoucH TENTS ARE MAD 
OF BITS OF PASTEBOARD GLUED AND 
COVERED WHITE PAPER THE HEAD- 
QUARTERS OF THE CHIEF GENERAL FS 
MAY BE MARKED BY AFLAG —A BIT oF PA ig z 
PER PAINTED TO REPRESENT THE STARS AND STRIPES, ano cleo oN THE TIP 0 OF A 
EN TOOTHPICK WHICH SURMOUNTS THE TENT 


THE TiN ARMY OF THE PoTOMAC 


IT 1S EASY TO TELL WHAT SORT OF MEN THE GENERALS ARE FROM THEIR TALK, GRANT, FOR INSTANCE, 
SAYS VERY LITTLE BUT 1S ALWAYS ORDERING AT TACKS, 1S GRIM, DOGGED, AND RESOLUTE Hancock RIDES 
ALONG THE LINE My iN} THE HEAT OF BATTLE ANO CALLS HIS MEN “Boys” WHICH NEVER 
FAILS TO PRO- 4\y p pUce ROUNDS oF CHEERS When Lee SENDS ror Jackson, AND THE 
TWo PuT THEIR a “HEADS @ TOGETHER. sh aie: IS MISCHIEF AFOOT, at THE ae 


WORDS, BUT HIS “\if om WN tg 
SHERMAN IS NER: [Vols =e ano FULL oF ENERGY, A COMMANDER, 1 
WHOM HISMEN 9 HAVE THE GREATEST Pee nee But THE inoL of THE ARMY. THE 
PEERLESS HERO OF THE CAVALRY, THE HARD HITTER AND LouO SHOUTER, THE MODERN ACHILLES 
IN FIGHT, IS PHIL SHEB DAN! HE 1S EVERYWHERE AT ONCE, ROARING OUT HOARSE COMMANDS, 
TEARING TO AND FRO ON ABIG BLACK CHARGER, APPEALING TO HIS TROOPERS 7O KILL ALL THE 
ReseLls, To SWEEP THE RASCALS FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH; ANO WHEN 17 HAPPENS THAT 
THE CAVALRY ARE HARD PRESSED AND SEEM LIKELY TO GET THE WORST OF IT, HE PLUNGES TO 
THE FRONT IN PERSON, AND STRIKES TERROR TO THE HEART OF THE FOE BY THE VIOLENCE AND 


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THE TIN ARMY OF THE PoToMAc. 


SUDDENNESS OF HIS CHARGE. ASLICHT IRish ACCENT ADDS MUCH TO THE ZEST OF His ORDERS AND 
HIS APPEALS. THEN THERE is LoNGSTREET, WHO IS RATHER CAREFUL AND GUARDED, BUT DOGCED 
ENOUGH AND HARD TO DRIVE WHEN ONCE ENGAGED IN BATTLE; AND STUART, THE BRILLIANT 
ConrEDERATE CAVALRY CHIEF TAIN, WHO PERFORMS PRODIGIES OF VALOR FOR HiS SIDE. WAL 
TER HAS A VERY GOOD JOEA OF THE WAY IN WHICH.EACH ONE OF THESE GENERALS wouLO BE 
LIKELY TO 00 THINGS. 

Now that THE civil WAR HAS BEEN ENACTED BY THE TIN ARMIES, IT 1S IN ORDER TO IN- 
VENT IDEAL BATTLES, ANO FIGHT THEM ouUT TO THEIRLOgICAL coNcLUsiONS. THe ARMY oF 
THE POTOMAC IS ORGANIZED ON AN IDEAL BASIS, WITH CRANT IN COMMAND, FOUR CORPS OF IN 
FANTRY UNDER OHERMAN, Hancock, [HoMAS AND Sepgwick RESPECTIVELY; A CAVALRY CORPS 
UNDER SHERIDAN; AND AN ARTILLERY corps UNDER HUNT. JUsT THINK WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN 
DONE If THE REAL Army OF THE PoTOMAS HAD ALWAYS HAD SUCH LEADERS! 

THe Army oF NortHERN Virginia Has Lee in commaNo, With THREE coRpS oF INFANTRY, — 
LoNcsTREET'S, dackson’s, AND HiLUs,—A CORPS OF CAVALRY, STUART'S, —AND THE ARTILLERY 
IS DIVIDED AMONG THEM, 


THe Jin ARMY OF THE Potomac 


aetna SHERMAN'S MEN ARE IN 
He Poy xo KG AIM; Tyonas's nen Pay’ MARCHING (AND KEEPING 
sTep Wy / y ExceLLeNTLY) with THEIR LA} [2G MUSKETS OVER THEIR 
iy iy 0fRS, Hancock's men are 4 ecHancit wiTH BAYONETS. 
SeEDGWICK'S MEN ARE IN Aly’ ai ay 


Sr SIZES ap styles ™ af 
TALL, FINE MEN IN RED cons HEA 


THE ane AND CAISSONS, fren neil SS iy 
THE GUNS THERE ARE FIELD BATTERIESS THAT is MBA TERICS OF LIGHT GUNS WHICH ARE 
EASILY MOVED ABOUT, AND HEAVY GUNS, FOR USE IN FORTS, OR FOR BOMBARDMENTS. 

As ror THE ConreDERATE ARMY, IT #5, AS | SAID, MADE UP TO SOME EXTENT FROM THE 


— 


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SOMEWHAT WORN REMNANTS OF KORMER UNion onisioNs Lee's MEN WERE REALLY RATHER RAG 
GED [He VETERANS of LONGSTREET’S CORPS ARE ALL IN THE POSITION OF “CHARGE BAYONE TS!” 
BUT JHE BARRELS OF THEIR MUSKETS ARE MOSTLY BROKEN off HILL’s MeN are LITTLE FELLOWS 
SHOULDERING ARMS. AND ON THE MARCH’ JACKSON'S MEN ARE, SOLID, HEAVY, LEADEN VETERANS, 
MOST OF WHOM HAVE LOST THEIR HEADS, BUT KEEP “ON FIGHTING JUSTAS WELL wiTHOUT THEM. 

IN THE Union ARMY ALL THE GENERALS, FROM Grant DOWN To THE BRIGADIERS, ARE 
LARGE AND COMELY MEN WELL MOUNTED IN THE OTHER ARMY ONLY Lee ANDO His STAFF HAVE 
horses LoNngsTREET 1S AFOOT, BRANDISHING, His Sword peRpe TUALLY. HILL 1s ALITTLE. 
INSIGNIFICANT MAN JACKSON IS A DICN! £0 (ANO ERECT. THOUGH BATTERED, PEDESTRIAN, — 
THE SAME PERSON who was ance q-) A PROMINENT Union General, BY THE way. He 
MUST Be Like THE FAMOUS DR MO JeKyLl in THE STORY, WHO. BY ORINKING A CERTAIN 
MEDICINE, WAS ABLE TO CHANGE aN HIMSELF INTO SOMEBODY ELSE 

ALL THE BATTLES THAT WAL ITs 


THE TINARMY Up THE PoTOMac 


= 


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THE Tin ARMY OF THE PoTomac 


Dw 


ALTER KNOWS THAT WAR IS A CRUEL AND SAD THING, ANO THAT IT 1S A GREAT SIN TO 
MAKE WAR NEEOLESSLY, BUT HE THINKS THAT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THERE IS NOTHING 
LEFT JO BE DONE BUT TO FIGHT WHEN THAT TIME COMES, HE BELIEVES IN MAKING A 

C000 JOB OF u a ue LEARNED TO ADMIRE THE COURAGE, THE eee THE Se 


N PEACE. PERNAPS. AS ey ae ai a fones THE en oF ee N A nee ‘BOY 1S 
A Goot PLAY 

Be sioes — who SHALL SAY THAT THERE MAY NOT COME A TIME WHEN THe NATION WiLL 
| NEED THE AlO OF THE BOYS WHO ARE Now PLAYING AT MIMIC WAR WITH TIN SOLDIERS’ The 


NJ! 
ine) 


THE TINARMY OF THE PoTOMaC 


MORE THEY KNOW OF THE HISTORY of THE UNITED OTATES, AND oF WHAT HAS BEEN DONE 
FOR THE FLAG, THE MORE THEY wiLL LOVE THEIR OWN COUNTRY, AND THE READIER THEY 
wiLL BE TO UPHOLD AND DEFEND THE HONOR OF THE GREAT NATION FOR WHICH SO MANY 
NoBLe Lives HAVE BEEN cLADLY LAID DOWN 


4 ~ els 


CHARGER AWARHORSE THE TERM 


IS APPLIED NOT TO WAR - 


THE HORSES RIODEN BY OF: 
FICERS ON ACTIVE MILITA- 
Ry DUTY. 


TROOPERS. CAVALRYMEN 


HORSES GENERALLY, BUT : 


CAVALRY. SOLDIERS ON HORSEBACK 


ARTILLERY. SoLoIeRS wiTh caNNows]_-_-————— | CAISSON A WaCoN IN WHICH THE 
~SHOT AND SHELL &C. OF TH 


ARTILLERY ARE CARRIED. 
ARMS. GUNS, SWORDS, REVOLVERS CANNONS.€ TC 


EQUIPMENTS CLOTHES. BLANKETS, KNAPSACKS, F000, TENTS, WAGONS, HORSES, ETC 


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What The Hard Words Mean. 


CompANY. 


RECIMENT. 


BRIGADE. 


CISION 


CORPS. 


ONE HUNDRED MEN UNDER A CAPTAIN. 

TEN COMPANIES, OR ABOUT ONE THOUSAND 
MEN, UNDER A COLONEL 

THREE OR FOUR REGIMENTS (SAY THREE OR 
FOUR THOUSAND MEN) UNDER A BricAdieR 
CeNeral. 

Two OR THREE BRIGADES (OR SIX TO TWELVE 
THOUSAND MeN) UNDER A MasoR-CENERAL. 
(A FRENCH WoRo WHICH MEANS A BuDY) Two 
OR THREE DIVISIONS, OR TWENTY TO THIRTY OR 
FORTY THOUSAND MEN, UNDER A CORPS CoM: 
MANOER. A CORPS 15 THE LARGEST B ODY OF sol: 


‘DIERS-SHORT OF THE WHOLE ARMY THE GENER 


AL AT THE HEAD OF AN ARMY PICKS OUT THE 


BEST Of HIS GENERALS TO COMMAND THE CORPS. 


SOMETIMES THE CORPS ARE NAMED AFTER 


REINFORCE- 
MENTS. 
CIVIL WAR. 


To FLANK, 


CONFEDE- 
RATES. 


THEIR COMMANOERS, ANO SOMETIMES THEY 
ARE NUMBERED. [HIS woro IS PRONOUNCED AS 
IF 1T WERE SPELLED Kor. 


FRESH TRGOPS AODED TO THE ARMY. 

A WAR BETWEEN PEOPLE OF THE/SAME COUN: 
TRY 

JO MOVE AROUNG THE END OF THE ENEMY'S 
LINE, SOAS TO GET IN His REAR. IN ALMOST 
EVERY BATTLE ONE SIDE TRIES TO FLANK THE 
OTHER SIDE. 


THE SOUTHERN PEOPLE TRIED TO SEPARATE 
THEIR STATES FROM THE NoxTHERN STATES 
AND TO.HAVE A NeW COUNTRY OF THEIR OWN, 
CALLED THE CoNpEOERATE STATES of AMER 


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What The Hard Words Mean. 


RETREAT. 


icA. THEY CALLED THEIR SOLDIERS CONFEDE- 
RATES, AND THE NortTHERN PEOPLE CALLED 
Them ReBels, BUT AMONG! THE SOLDIERS THEY 
WERE cALLEo “JoHNNtes,”’ “UoHNNY REBS.. 
“QRAYSACKS, AND OTHER SLANG, NAMES 

TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE ENEMY. THERE 
ARE SEVERAL OTHER WORDS TO DESCRIBE NEAR 
LY THE SAME THING: TO RETIRE, WITHDRAW, 
OR FALLBACK. THE MEN WHO RETREAT IN Gooo 


“ORDER ARE NOT ALWAYS BEATEN. TO “FALL 


BACK’ GENERALLY MEANS TO MOVE TOWARDS 
THE REAR WITH FACES TOWARDS THE FRONT. 
AS A RULE, THE ARMY WHICH ADVANCES OR STAYS 
WHERE IT 1S AFTER A BATTLE 1S REGARDED AS 
HAVING WON A VICTORY, AND THE ARMY WHICH 


“RETREATS 1S CONSIDERED BEATEN 


WING. AN ARMY IS GENERALLY SO ARRANGED AS 
TO HAVE A CENTRE AND TWO WiNGS —THE 
RIGHT ANO LeryT wings. At THe BATTLE 
or FAIR OAKS THE LEFT WING of THE 
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC WAS ATTACKED BY 
THE CONFEDERATES, AND APART OF THE 
RIGHT Wine, WENT oveR To HELP IT: 

RESERVES. SoLbIERS KEPT AT THE REAR INABAT TLE 
READY TO BE SENT JO THE FRONT TO HELP 
WHEREVER THEY MAY BE NEEDED. 

SHARPSHOOT 

ERS. MEN SKILLED IN SHooTING.“Goop SHOTS. 

BREAST- 

WORKS. LINES OF TRENCHES OR RIFLE-PITS WITH 


EARTH THROWN up on-oNe SIDE AS A PRO- 
JECTION FROM THE ENEMY'S FIRE. 


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What Ths Hard Words Mean. 


SS —_ 


‘TO BOMBARD. To ATTACK WITH Bomas, WHICH ARE IRON 
SHELLS FILLEO WITH POWDER SO MADE AS TO 
EXPLODE WHEN THEY FALL. 

VOLLEY. THE FIRE OF MANY GUNS ALL AT ONCE. 

‘TO INVADE. To ENTER AS A Foe. 

CANNONADE. AN ATTACK BY A FORCE OF ARTILLERY; OR A 
CONTEST OF ARTILLERY. 

CAMPAIGN. THE TIME THAT AN ARMY KEEPS THE fleLe 

AMBULANCE. A WAGON USED To CARRY THE WouNoco 


SALIENT. — APART OF AFORT ORLINE OF BREASTWORKS 


WHICH PROJECTS OR RUNS OUT FURTHER THAN 
THE OTHER PARTS. 

VETERAN. ANoLo soLoier, Used To WAR 

TO BESIEGE. To SURROUND A TOWN oR FORTRESS WITH AN 
ARMY FOR THE PURPOSC OF FORCING THE PLACE 
TO SURRENCER. 


To CARRY. Jo CAPTURE. To TAKE BY FORCE 


HEADQUAR 

TERS. THE TENT OR HOUSE IN WHICH THE CHIEF 
GENERAL Lives. 

DEMONSTRA- 

TION. A SHOW OF ATTACK. SOMETIMES IT BECOMES . 
A REAL ATTACK. 

OTRATEGI- 

CAL. ALL THE MOVEMENTS OF AN ARMY EXCEPT IN 
THE ABSOLUTE SIGHT OF THE ENEMY ARE STRAT 
EGICAL. 

Rao. A SUDDEN AND RAPIO INVASION BY ACAVALRY 


FORCE INTO THE TERRITORY OF ITS ENEMY. 


BARRACKS HUTS OR HOUSES FOR SOLDIERS. 


CUARO-HOUSC. THE CAMP JAIL, USEO FOR TEMPORARY DETENTION 
OF PRISONERS 


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